‘Outrageous pimping’ on China sites
p2pnet.net OT news:- “The outrageous pimping content in some websites is very shocking,” says a statement of the Beijing Online News and Information Panel, a Chinese Net ‘watchdog’ comprising government officials, experts and representatives of netizens.
Now, 12 Chinese dating sites, said to be covers for prostitution, have been ordered to “clean up their act by next Friday,” continues Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
The sites are, “loaded with detailed information on the sex trade, including ’service items, pricing and contact information’.” says the story, going on:
“One of the websites, which purports to be a lonely-hearts dating service, contained a posting supposedly from a young woman with a fair complex who describes herself as a ‘professional pleasure giver’.
“The website appears to have erased all postings prior to early Sunday morning. It contained only 11 postings under the link ‘women seeking men’ and none under ‘men seeking women’.
“Another website on the list requires patrons to create an account with their personal information before being allowed to log on.”
The panel also says the sites are, “promoting the more obvious postings relating to sex services by marking them with icons,” according to Xinhua.
Also See:
Xinhua – 12 dating websites rebuked for promoting sex trade, May 27, 2007
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